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As chairman, CEO and president of Quest Diagnostics, the world’s largest provider of diagnostic information services, Rusckowski is in charge of the Secaucus-based lab’s nearly 50,000 employees who he says “responded as heroes to the COVID-19 pandemic” by developing COVID-19 tests, building test capacity, innovating new testing models with its retail partners, transporting specimens, delivering results and, of course, supporting its customers.

Johnson’s impressive resumé starts on line one: he’s the dean of the Rutgers New Jersey Medical School in Newark and the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick, and is the first person to simultaneously lead two medical schools, according to the American Association of Medical Colleges.

During March we applaud women who are blazing trails and making differences in their communities, all while inspiring the next generation of leaders. Leading Women Entrepreneurs (LWE) is especially proud to announce a virtual event on March 30 with a mission to help all professionals of every gender, race, and professional specialty develop their potential and further their knowledge and readiness to achieve a seat on the board of directors to be a Force For Change.

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Gorsky was named CEO of Johnson & Johnson in April 2012 and chairman later in the year. As one of the largest and most prominent pharmaceutical companies in the world, Johnson & Johnson was bound to be a critical component of the fight against COVID-19. And the company did not disappoint.

As CEO of Hackensack Meridian Health, Garrett runs New Jersey’s largest health network with 17 hospitals, 500 patient care locations, 35,000 team members and 6,500 physicians.

Since 2017, Bennett has served as CEO of New Jersey Hospital Association, the nonprofit trade group representing New Jersey’s hospitals, health systems and other health care providers. In the role, she oversees the Health Research and Educational Trust of New Jersey, a not-for-profit affiliate that promotes continuing education, patient safety, quality improvement and research; and the for-profit Healthcare Business Solutions, which provides group purchasing and other business solutions for health care providers.

Elnahal left his job as state health commissioner a few months before the state was hit with a horrific public health crisis. So while his successor in the administration was left to grapple with the statewide response, Elnahal fought the pandemic in one the state’s worst-hit locales: Newark.

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Conner Strong & Buckelew appoints Anil Jampana as SVP, Chief Information Officer

Alvarez & Marsal Taxand has Joshua Davidson as Senior Associate